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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1959

Page

5

Wiscasset Approves New High School Site and Plan

Voters at a May special town meeting approved a 350000 education project including a gym and athletic field. A planning committee led by Alan C. Pease will handle site selection, construction steps, and surveys funded to 2000, while neighbors discuss tuition contracts.

Wiscasset High School Alan C. Pease Pease Donald T. Brackett First Selectman Harold Campbell Brewster Doggett Roy Farmer Robert J. MacLaren Walter Sherman

Woolwich Community Groups Hold Meetings and Socials

Woolwich The Woolwich Volunteer Fire Company met May 13 at Murphy's Corner with Chief George Gavitt presiding. New members were welcomed including Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin and other couples. Scout Frank Henderson spoke on first aid kits. Next meeting set for June 13. Woolwich Grange reported Mother's Day dinner and a mystery bus ride to Scarboro, with next meeting June 18. Woolwich Women's Bowling Club held a supper and bowling at Park Alleys. A surprise stork shower honored Mrs. Harrison Tipsword of Bath at Woolwich Grange Hall with many attendees. Various personal items note residents visiting, medical status, and travel.

South Allen Noble Gerald Creamer Murphy's Corner Book Club Fred Conant Phipps Point Road Woolwich Grange Grange Hall Marion Chubbuck Grange Scarboro Grange Woolwich Malcolm Hassan Stanley Jones Kenneth Sylvester Eleanor Armstrong Francis Ellis Charles Paridis Lawrence Edwards Harold Strout William Phillips Vernon Roderick Harrison Tipsword Bath Woolwich Grange Hall Edmund St. Pierre Cladius Tipsword Sherman Mitchell Auta Munsey Kenneth Chubbuck Laura Main James McPhee Judith Lynn MclInlire Janet Bailey Susan Chubbuck Everett. Main Wiscasset Sandra Compton Cora Reynolds Edith Lemont Jessie Spaulling Iona iWtham Frances Lowery Unn Dyer Clifford Molson Roger Bunker Leon Hathorne Florence Linekin Blair Bailey Marion Hanson William Sanders Robert Percy Raymond Durgan

Arrowsic Polio Clinic Volunteers Support Georgetown Event

Community volunteers led by Mrs. Carol Ainsworth and Mrs. George Stafford assisted at the Georgetown School polio clinic on May 12 registering and transporting children and adults in Arrowsic.

Georgetown Carol Ainsworth George Stafford Arrowsic Charles Paradis Arrowsie Town Bluff Head Road Paradis Sheriff's Department Sagadahoc

District III Health Officers Meet in May Meeting at Wiscasset Inn with Dr. Fisher speaker

The 11th annual District III local Health Officers Association session will be at Wiscasset Inn on May 28 at 4 p.m. Guest speaker Dr. Dean Fisher, commissioner of Health and Welfare, will discuss The Local Health Officer's Responsibility in Civil Defense. A business meeting and officer elections follow, with a dinner after. reservations to Alta Ashley, Augusta.

District III Local Health Officers Association Wiscasset Inn Dean Fisher Department of Health and Welfare Alta Ashley M.D Weston Street Augusta

Local Anglophone Social Notes From Woolwich and Bath

Barter Jesse and Harvey Chub buck and the Chubbuck family of Woolwich grange attended Youth Guest Officers Night at Windsor grange Friday. Various residents, including Gerald Creamer and Allen Noble, toured to Boston and Bath Memorial Hospital saw patients like Mrs Hersom. Families like the Chubbucks hosted grandchildren and visited relatives in Troy and Bath over the weekend.

Barter Jesse Harvey Chubbuck Woolwich Grange Windsor Grange Clyde Bailey Old State Road Portland Peter Susan Chubbuck Mountain Road Auta Munsey Dummer Street Bath Gerald Creamer Allen Noble Montsweag Road Boston Stanley Elwell Nequasset William Phillips Sagadahoc Ferry Union Stephen Sidebotham George Moatsweag Troy N. Y Carpenter Gerald Hersom Woolwich Center Bath Memorial Hospital Te Son Jeffrey Westport Bailey Bernard Bailey Paul DeVore George Ames Florida Victor Pellegrini Walpole Twing’s Point

Richmond Lions elect officers at May supper meeting

The Richmond Lions Club elected officers at a May 11 supper at Sun Hill Farm with installation set for May 25. Officers include Larry Bond Jr as king lion and chief, George Smith and others, plus a long list of auxiliary posts. Also noted were Emerson Lane Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary officers, a Cancer Fund donation, and various local club activities and birthdays.

Richmond Lions Club Sun Hill Farm Larry Bond, Jr King Lion George Smith David LeBourdais Francis Mailloux William Sullivan Jack Carruthers Leonard Bishop Stephen Reed Russell Ring Leslie Roberts Harold Millay Chester Foster Ernest Purington Lions Club Emerson Lane American Legion Auxiliary Richard Nickel Elizabeth Barter Cecelia Robinson Roy Dickinson Maurice Paul Fagan Flemington N. J Annie Grant Hyde Park Mass Ernest Grant Gail Holbrook Charles Grant Philip Clifford Sturbridge Amy Bradley Mina Guston Boynton Street Gustin

Surprise Stork Shower for Mrs. Paul Flaherty

Mrs. Paul Flaherty was honored at a surprise stork shower last Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Andrew Faherty. Guests included Mrs. R. C. McFadden Mrs. John Cummings Jr Mrs. Harold Perry Mrs. Thomas Cummings Mrs. Eugene Desmond Mrs. Carlton Day Reed Jr Mrs. Robert Cummings Mrs. John J. Keegan Mrs. Edward Cummings and Mrs. Donald F. Young.

Paul Flaherty Andrew Faherty Flaherty R. C. McFadden John Cummings, Jr Harold Perry Thomas Cummings Eugene Desmond Carlton Day Reed, Jr Robert Cummings John J. Keegan Edward Cummings Donald F. Young

Fun and Frolic minstrel by Bridge academy at Masonic auditorium

Dresden hosts the annual Fun and Frolic minstrel presented by Bridge academy students themed Mississippi Showboat. The show features River Belle, opening and closing choruses, dances, solos, and a large list of student performers and contributors.

Bridge Academy Masonic Building Mississippi Roger Trussell Fred Turner Robert Brown Donna Souviney Baton Girls Benny Ellis Vicki Keuntz Sherry Thornton Carol Boyd Margaret McLaughlin Brenda Rodgers Sharon York Buttercup Bones Sambo Dale Gagne Amos Clarence Payson Rufus Dana Gagne Walter Austin Andy Jerry Sirois New Orleans Dolores Dorr Jacka Manclick Linda Preble Darlene Atkinson Raymond Birdselle Cheryl Manelick Margaret McClellan Patricia Woodman Dorothy Hall Jacka Manelick Shirley Cross Rita Robbins Linda Good Nancy Hall Peggy Payson Carol Babb Reedy Read Vienna Penny Page Caron Pierson Dana Souviney Sally Trussell Evelyn Hezel Robbins Charles Bailey Pittston Mary Rogacheff Leana Bailey Wayne Bodge Warren Leask John James Alice Brooke Jean Fitch Margaret Lilly Karl James Brenda Tobey

Passenger Boat Service Plans for Kennebec Seek Public Input

The chamber invites postcards on daily and weekly fare for boat trips to Boothbay Harbor and Five Islands. It asks recipients to complete and return them promptly to help plan the Summer season if support for Kennebec passenger service appears adequate. Those wanting to comment may write or call the chamber.

Boothbay Harbor Five Islands Chamber Kennebec

Grass Fires Prompt Multiple Bath Fire Calls

Bath firemen answered twice to a field fire east of New Meadows Lake off Old Bruns, first after 2:15 pm, then three hours later when sawdust caught. West Bath assisted on a later woods fire on Sabine Road. Total damage across three blazes was minor. Memphis parks total 41 covering 1,449 acres.

Bath West Bath New Meadows Lake Old Bruns Sabine Road

Weekend visits and a Bath birth record

West Bath residents hosted weekend visitors including Irving Burnham and family with a dance recital attended. William Burnham announces a move to Germany with his U S Army unit from Fort Dix. Bath area families hosted friends from Waldoboro and Belmont Massachusetts with ties to Beachmont Massachusetts. Arthur Cormier and wife welcome a son Stephen A at Bath Memorial hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces.

Irving Burnham Woody George Dorothy Leclerc Lewiston Lawrence Burnham York Keith Whitmore Keith Gardiner Frances Deehan William Burnham Fort Dix Beachmont Mass Edmund Russell Belmont Arthur Cormier Stephen A Bath Memorial Hospital Allen Cormier Cape Elizabeth Arthur Cornier

Community Notes From North Bath And Brunswick

North Bath residents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore and sons Harry and Billy along with C B T and Mrs. Robert Quirk were at the Moore camp at Great Pond recently. Miss Mary Lou Tardiff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tardiff, is a surgical patient at Bath Memorial hospital. C B T and Mrs. Robert Quirk have moved to Catherine street in Brunswick. Quirk is stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Raymond Kneeland of Bath visited the Rooke farm where he formerly resided, and Earl Wing of Bath called on Mr. and Mrs. Harry Higgins on Sunday.

Grafton W. Davis Huntoon Hill Grange Elinor Huber St. Philip’s Parish Isabella Frazier John Sanders Bitburg Germany Evelyn Blagdon Crawford Denver Corp Karl Heimbrock Donald Cowan Gregory New York State Forest Munsey Waller Street Lloyd Lowndes Sneeden’s Landing N. Y High Street Roy Marston Mr. Marston Lawrence Marston Reading Mass Hattie Pashard West Anna Road Freeport Dean Shea Donald Shea Gardiner Road Stanley Parlin Deborah Ann Venice Fla Christina Lydia Hathorne Passmore Dummer Street Bath Woolwich Center Donald Jackson Darlene Debra Donald, Jr Elbert Woodman Brian Nequasset Portland Richard Crocker Sagadahoc Ferry Kentucky National Guard Margaret Wodman Robert Norbleboro Costello P- Hall Virginia Hall Joseph Hetch Harvey Chubbuck Mountain Road Sherman Mitchell J. Vinal Hunnewell Montsweag Bath Memorial Hospital Patricia Tipsword David Karl Rosenwald Brighton Daniel Guin Steve Richmond Michiel Mazeiko Mazeikos Reid Park Ralph Steene Robert Harrington Doubling Point Range Light Roland Peterson William Bisseth Robinhood Peter Phinney Bion Leslie Ainsworth Peterson Arrowsic Horatiox L. Baker Bluff Head Clarence Moore Harry Billy C.B.T Robert Quirk Moore Camp Great Pond Mary Lou Tardiff Philip Tardiff Catherine Street Brunswick C.B.T. Quirk

Board Debates Retaining Elementary Supervisor Post

Bath area school board discusses funds and the need to keep the elementary school supervisor position. The debate centers on music versus art, with teachers and officials arguing over curriculum supervision and priorities. The final vote kept or shifted positions amid budget constraints.

John M. Conley, Jr Iron Works Conley Bath Iron Works Ralph Brewer Small Lloyd Hooker Music Drake McMann Manley Grant Huse Board of Education Oliver W. Bell Massachusetts Linwood Temple Bell Bearce Hooker Leonard Dr. Bell Temple

Board selects Skehan as new Elementary Education Director

The board hires John W. Skehan 30 for the post of Director of Elementary Education. Skehan, currently supervising principal at Loring Air Force Base Bangor, will replace Miss Phyllis Rolfe. Salary set at 6275 for 11 months. Skehan will move to Bath next fall and continues at the base this summer.

Washington State Teachers College University of Maine Skehan Eastport Abraham Lincoln School Bangor Milford Phyllis Rolfe Air Force Base Bath

Stork Shower Honors Mrs Koehling at Sebasco Home

Mrs. Emil Koehling of Sebasco was guest of honor at a stork shower Saturday evening hosted by Mrs. Alvah Gilliam at 237 High Street. Attending guests included Mrs. Phyllis Boyd Mrs. Evelyn Gilliam Mrs. Theresa Delano Mrs. Sanford Gilliam Miss Marion Oulton Mrs. Dorothy Smith Mrs. Cynthia Cornish Mrs. Betty Koehling Mrs. Priscilla Alexander Mrs. James Koehling and Mrs. Herman Smith.

Emil Koehling Sebasco Alvah Gilliam High Street Phyllis Boyd Evelyn Gilliam Theresa Delano Sanford Gilliam Marion Oulton Dorothy Smith Cynthia Cornish Betty Koehling Priscilla Alexander James Koehling Herman Smith

Foreclosure Notice on Bowdoinham Properties in 1959

First National Bank of Brunswick Maine claims foreclosure on three Bowdoinham lots described in a 1957 mortgage to secure debt. The bank states the mortgage conditions have been breached and seeks foreclosure. Emery W Booker, cashier, filed the document in Sagadahoc County Maine on May 15 1959.

Daryl E. Pratt Helga I. Pratt Bowdoinham Sagadahoc State of Maine First National Bank of Brunswick Maine United States of America Brusswick Cumberland Bowdoinham Village Richmond Samuel Whitmore Whitmore A. Gordon George A. Hackett William E. Miller Miller W. B E. P. Kendall Eulala Sedgley Sedgley Paul Ames Ames Lillian E. Davis Ethel Temple Davis and Temple Emery W. Booker First National Bank

Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Courts

Barbara L. Brewer announces appointments of executors administrators guardians and conservators in multiple Sagadahoc estates with dates in 1959. Names include Ellen M. Kocha Oscar Smiley Elwin Hennessey George Klippel John Carey Eunice Putnam Hayden Dexter Temple Leslie Shimway and A L Brewer.

Barbara L. Brewer Sagadahoc Joseph E Kocha Bath Ellen M. Kocha Oscar M. Smiley Clinton McFadden Eunice E. Putnam Florence Edith Temple Woolwich Hayden Dexter Temple Nathaniel Percy Phippsburg Leslie C. Shimway Guetta

Woolwich PTA Installs Officers at Monday Meeting

Woolwich PTA held the installation of officers with Cmdr James L Henderson presiding. Principal John McPhail became president with Mrs Ernest Rogers as vice president, Mrs Loring Edgerly secretary, and Mrs Samuel Soule treasurer. Edward Gallant joined the building committee for three years.

Jackie Quinnam Kay Cadenelli Judy Thrower Linda Douglass Bonnie Ruby Celia Miller Elaine Poland World Service Carolyn Coughlin Hilda Groves Marilyn Lamoreau Jean Hatfield Cleo Hinkley Walter James Cmdir James L. Henderson USN Woolwich Parent Teacher Association Woolwich Central School John McPhail Ernest Rogers Loring Edgerly Samuel Soule Edward Gallant Carlton Day Reed Reed PTA Woolwich Chester Leeman Booth Richard Campbell Morse High School

Probate notices for Sagadahoc County estates Bath Maine

Court in Bath Sagadahoc County issues orders May 1959 to notify heirs. Arrangements include appointment of Kenneth Edwin Morse as potential administrator for the Morse estate and a bondless proceeding, final accounts by Frances I. Gunnell for the KOcha estate, and a license to sell real estate in Madison Village. Public notices run three weeks in The Bath Independent.

Bath Sagadahoc Ath Richard Chapin Morse Phippsburg Kenneth Edwin Morse Thomas N. Williams Georgetown Frances I. Gunnell Joseph E. Kocha Madison Village Somerset Maine Ellen M. Kocha Harold J. Rubin

Probate Notice of Executors for Bath Deceased Residents

Pointed executors appointed for the estates of James S Lord Sarah A Adams Mary E Humphreys and Helen M Smith all long time Bath residents with executors named May 8 or 12 1959 and bonds filed the same day by James McGuiggan Pauline H Adams Rebecca K Kenney and Helen M Smith respectively.

Barbara L. Brewer Sagadahoc James S. Lord Bath James McGuiggan Sarah A. Adams Pauline H. Adams Mary E. Humphreys Rebecca K. Kenney Neil J. Smith Helen M. Smith

Probate actions and estate filings in Bath May 1959

On the first Tuesday of May 1959 petitions and wills for probate and administration are presented for several Bath and Woolwich decedents. Notices to interested parties are ordered via Bath Independent for a Probate Court session on the first Tuesday of June at ten.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Parent Teachers Club Plan For Prosperity B. Martin Public Relations Department of Economic Development Fred Hilton R. N PTC Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association Bill Gove Gove Braniff Airways Quaker Oats Co Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co Chamber of Commerce William G. McPhee Wiscasset Academy Groves Coral Gables St Paul Bayside Oaks Westport Island Mattie Offerman Ruby Stinson Jackie Durgan Montsweag Church Beulah Rebekah Lodge Eureka Rebekah Lodge Eureka Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Beulah Lodge Lillian Haynes Lodge Alva Curtis Velma Johnson Madlyn Trott Lara Mansir Claudia Wallace Madelyn Trott Rachel Var George Sanford Brunswick Naval Air Station International Airport Iceland Mary Parent Hallowell Oscar Rouglass Dresden Eulela Pray Dresden Mills Gardiner High School Dwight Alna O. C. Woodman Pray Woodman New Methodist Parsonage George Allen Cedar Grove Priscilla Allen Alvin Jewett Lyndel Good Memphis, Tenn North Stork Shower Joseph A. Aldred, JR Justice of the Peace Woolwich Pta Register Adelaide Sargent Hooper Mildred H. Marshall Rosa D. Shea Maurice B. Shea Frances M. Cooper Frederick J. Ludwick Robert B Small Harriett P. Lewis Ruth C Taylor John N. Taylor Catherine Irene Douglas Carville L. Douglas Gertrude Wilds Moulton Thomas S. Moulton Reginald Wright Kauffman Andrew John Kauffman Christine C. Snipe Arline L. Terry
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